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eduStream and teaching and learning
“My advice is not to see eduStream in
isolation as the only mechanism of interacting with
your students.
“See it as part of the picture … Combine
it with video conferencing, face-to-face during
session, access to regular communication by alternative
means eg WebCT, email.”
— Nursing academic and eduStream user, 2003.
Learning Activities Model
The Learning Activities Model (LAM) 3
provides a graphical representation of how eduStream
fits into the process of teaching and learning.
| Learning Activities Model
(LAM) |
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PM — Provision of Material |
| IM — Interaction with
Material |
| IF — Interaction with
Facilitator |
| IL — Interaction between
Learners |
| IA — Intra-Action (activities
that are primarily controlled by learners and
do not fit into the above categories) |
| eduStream and the Learning Activities
Model |
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R Caladine, Teaching for Flexible Learning:
Learning to Apply the Technology, GSSE, Abergavenny
(UK), 1999.
One-way and two-way activities
The Learning Activities Model can be used to divide
learning activities into those that are one-way
(ie providing materials and interacting with materials)
and those that are two-way. Technologies can then
be matched to these activities.
eduStream is essentially a one-way technology.
Two-way technologies can include video-conferencing,
online discussion groups, email etc. Other two-way
activities can include tutorials, lecturer visits
to satellite campuses, phone calls and consultations.
Two-way activities are an important part of the
teaching and learning model and it is recommended
that they be used in conjunction with eduStream.
Changes to Teaching Methods
Discussions with teachers who use eduStream reinforce
the view that very little has to change to teach
effecticvely with it. However, the following points
will optimize learning experiences.
- Repeat questions and comments. It is essential
to repeat questions (and comments where appropriate)
as it is your voice that's recorded and even in
a small room it is unlikely that an off-microphone
voice will be audible on the recording. Students
have indicated that it is frustrating to the have
answers to unknown questions.
- Monitor the microphone battery level. It is
easiest to monitor the state of the microphone
battery by listening to the reinforcement of your
voice by the public address system in the room.
If it starts to sound strange: stopping and starting
and maybe a tapping/clicking sound, this is an
indication that the battery in the microphone
is losing charge (going flat). And what you hear
is what is recorded. Some microphones are loaned
with a spare battery. For those loaned without
a spare, contact AV support by picking up the
auto-dial phone on the lectern.
What should I tell the
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